New book from New Left Project

Spectrezine’s friends at the UK’s New Left project have published their first e-book.

It’s by Dan Hind and it’s on the Occupy movement and what they describe as ‘deliberative politics’. In Common Sense: Occupation, Assembly and the Future of Liberty, Hind makes a powerful case for the need to generalise the model of public meetings and discussion to empower 'the 99%' to reclaim the political realm for itself. Read an interview with Dan Hind , in which he talks about the significance of the occupations, the collapse of neoliberal 'common sense', and the emancipatory potential of deliberation between equals.

Gabi Zimmer, president of the United Left Group (GUE/NGL) in the European Parliament, together with Greek Left MEP Nikos Chountis presented the European Antifascist manifesto, which you can see below, this month in the European Parliament.
Gabi Zimmer said: "We are clearly witnessing a rise of the extreme right in Europe with more and more groups acting in an openly fascist manner. After 2014 we could see more openly fascist politicians in the European Parliament. We must prepare for the emergence of these political groupings. We need a broad alliance so we can get through to people and fight this extremely dangerous trend."

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